Made For TV?
I may be crazy, but I am fairly sure I saw this movie at Varsity Theater in Toronto back in 1998, what network was it on?
-Z
I think Showtime
shareyeah Showtime
sharenot exactly "made for tv." "made for tv" and "made for cable" aren't the same thing.
tv movies are generally bland and non-challenging aesthetically; and on the technical side, are edited for content and commercial time.
this film is so narratively, aesthetically and technically proficient, i didn't know it was "made for cable" 'til just now.
i thought i'd have a problem not seeing patrick stewart as a starship captain from "star trek: the next gen.," but that was out of the question right from the beginning. the guy has some acting chops. i think i might have seen him in something else (but don't remember what it was); here he owns his role and the material of this film...funny and tragic, simultaneously. the narrative has a nice surprise of an ending, too, all the while walking a thin line between what we think may be happening and what is happening.
gregory 51211.
Patrick Stewart has done a number of movie roles. Jeffery he played a gay guy and was praised for his performance. Dad Savage he is a British crime boss and one sequence has him line dancing in a country Western Bar. Plus you get to hear him swear like a drunken sailor.
Also Patrick Stewart is a trained Shakespearean actor he has done tons of plays.
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